[Leica] Some Moon Tricks

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Anything that makes a photo look better is OK with me, as long as we say so
openly. I think your trick works well.

Cheers
Jayanand

On Sun, Nov 12, 2023 at 6:43 AM Aram Langhans via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> A few more from Glacier Point.  The first one was taken before the sun
> was setting so a lot of Half Dome is still in sunlight.  I was hoping
> for more of a sunset, but the sun disappeared behind some clouds to the
> west soon after this shot.
>
> Glacier Point Yosemite-6171-Pano-Edit.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr
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> https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215@N06/53325973224/in/album-72177720312473288/
> >
>
>
> The second one is some people enjoying the view after the sunset
> fizzled.  Sill some glow on Half Dome.
>
> Glacier Point Yosemite-6178-Edit.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr
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> https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215@N06/53325629681/in/album-72177720312473288/
> >
>
> Now the tricks.  Both of these shots were taken at about 100 mm on my
> Nikon Z7ii.  Shot in manual exposure because I then zoomed out to 120
> and shot a frame of the moon which I then superimposed over the slightly
> smaller moon in the original shot.  Cheating, yes, but the moon really
> does look larger in person than it does in a photograph, especially when
> closer to the horizon where you have some physical references.
>
> There, I confessed. I feel better.
>
> Comments welcome.
>
> Aram
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